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Saturday, December 25, 2004 TODAY'S HIGHLIGHTS Army Historian Cites Lack of Postwar Plan Historian says the high-level failure continues to undercut what has been a "mediocre" Army effort in Iraq. (By Thomas E. Ricks, The Washington Post) Fear Dims Christmas Eve in Baghdad Many Iraqi Christians Avoid Mass as Guards, Barricades Protect Churches (The Washington Post) Striving for Joy Amid the Ashes Since Arsons, Subdivision Has Work Crews, Police -- and Tinsel (The Washington Post) POLITICS Kerry's E-Mail List a Valuable Resource With the increasing maturation of the Internet as a political tool -- and the huge sums that can be raised online -- experts said those addresses can remain valuable long after an election. 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